The Lawyer’s new Southeast Asia Elite report contains the most detailed research available on the local firms that are leading the way in the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. It reveals which firms are best positioned to take advantage of the unified market and those that are true leaders in their individual markets... Read more

An exhaustive analysis of the UK market including every firm in the top 200 ranked, analysed and benchmarked, UK chambers ranked by turnover, revenue per barrister and which international firms are most active in the UK.

Walker Morris

Article

EU proposes new recycling and landfill targets

28 July 2014

On 2 July, the EU Commission published a number of documents aimed at moving the EU towards a circular economy. A circular economy virtually eliminates waste by retaining resources within the economy when a product has reached the end of its life, so that they remain in productive use and create further value.

Part of the package is a proposal for a new directive amending six existing EU waste directives: Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (the Waste Framework Directive or WFD); Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (the Packaging Directive); Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste (the Landfill Directive); Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles; Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators; and Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment.

This note will concentrate on the proposed changes to the targets set out in the WFD, Packaging Directive and Landfill Directive…

Click on the link below to read the rest of the Walker Morris briefing.

Email newsletters

More relevant to you

To continue providing the best analysis, insight and news across the legal market we are collecting some information about who you are, what you do and where you work to improve The Lawyer and make it more relevant to you.

While a headline glance at the Supreme Court’s judgment in this long-running case might give developers some encouragement a closer look reveals that the issues in play are not quite so straightforward.